After a large-scale sacrifice, it meant that Nanjing's brief period of serving as the capital for a few years had come to an end again.
According to cabinet estimates, a total of about 150,000 officials and family members, including the Beijing Camp, the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers, and the Fifth Army Governor's Office, will be relocated to Beijing.
The six bureaus and nine bureaucracies moved forward very quickly one after another, and in the end, only a few hundred officials, including the six bureaus of ministers, the cabinet, and the staff department, were left to accompany the emperor.
"Your Majesty, according to Jiang Liushou's statistics, the number of people in Dingkou, Beijing, who have been returning home one after another these days, has reached 430,000, which is more than enough to welcome people like us."
Yan Chongxin said, with a trace of reluctance on his face. The misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River was as tender as water. I am afraid it would be difficult to come across this kind of day when money and food are not in short supply.
"Where's the grain? How much grain is stored in Taicang?"
The emperor did not care about the population problem. In the last years of Chongzhen, a large number of people were lost, and with the plague rampant, this capacity was easily achieved.
As long as there is enough food, it can support any larger population.
"After half a year of sea transportation, Taicang outside Beijing has stored nearly 9 million shi of grain."
"Outside Nanjing, there are still about 8 million shi of summer grain left this year, and enough will be shipped to Beijing before the end of the year."
After more than two hundred years of operation in the Ming Dynasty, the canal has become a complete system. There are tens of thousands of canal ships and hundreds of thousands of canal troops. It can transport four to five million shi of grain in almost half a year.
There are a large number of warehouses near the canal such as Linqing, Xuzhou, and Tongzhou, where ants move and carry goods by relay, which can be said to have brought together the great ingenuity of the ancients.
Nowadays, sea transportation has been added, and it can be returned in two months. The transportation capacity has been doubled. If it were not necessary to turn over people and materials, the food in the south would have been shipped out long ago.
"Can those factories under the Ordnance Department be relocated smoothly?"
The emperor suddenly asked his chief assistant, Zhao Shu.
Without him, according to the previous division of labor, the chief assistant is responsible for the household department and the work department, and he has the greatest say.
"Your Majesty, the relocation of the Ordnance Department's factory went smoothly. Bedding, wood, etc. are all safe. However, armor, artillery, etc. require water power, and the water power in the north is not as much as in the south..."
The logistics of the Ming army can be regarded as crushing to the Qing army of this era. Thanks to the emperor's management, its breakdown is very fragmented and standardized.
Therefore, the Ordnance Department established a series of factories, such as bedding factory, leather boot factory, steel factory, artillery factory, musket factory, gunpowder factory, hand bomb factory, armor factory, etc.
Each factory has a factory director in charge, the General Staff Department coordinates planning, the Ministry of Household Affairs allocates funds, the Military Justice Department supervises, and the Ministry of Works implements it. It can be said that the steps are clear.
The Fifth Army Governor's Mansion has become a temporary department in the true sense, a nursing home for big bosses, just like the Inspectorate's House.
The Supreme Command in name only, but has no real power.
Therefore, it is quite troublesome to relocate these military factories. The relocation started as early as May.
"I am very afraid of water conservancy."
Zhu Yixi said casually: "Can't the Hai River and Sanggan River be used as well? In the huge Beizhili, there are always suitable boundaries and we can always choose them."
For the military factories in the north, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Not to mention that Shanxi's coal mines are world-famous, but Hebei's Zunhua Iron Mine has a huge output, and the iron ore mines in Xing, Ci, Xu and other places also have a large output.
Coal and iron are inseparable, neither one can be missing.
Liaodong and even the Northeast region are rich in mines, and there are many gold and silver mines, which are important ways to make money.
Therefore, it is more advantageous to place the military factory in the north.
"Your Majesty, the scale of maritime transport is growing day by day. There are nearly a thousand water ships, all of which are large ships. It is very troublesome for the court to directly manage them. The governor of water transport should be responsible for the overall coordination."
Zhao Shu talked about the shipping matter, and he also talked eloquently, and his joy was beyond words.
As the first assistant, Zhao Shu took it as his own responsibility to revive the Ming Dynasty. He had a broad vision and was very cooperative with the emperor. It can be said that the emperor and his ministers get along well with each other.
When the sea transportation was first implemented, although Zhao Shu did not object, he remained silent. Apparently he was particularly dissatisfied.
However, two or three months after the implementation of sea transportation, the law of true fragrance began to appear, and no one could get rid of it.
Compared with canal transport, which takes three to four months, sea transport arrives in ten months, with very little loss and very low cost. Obviously, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
His worries about pirates and weather problems were all side issues.
"In this case, it may not be suitable for the Caoyun Yamen to be placed in Huai'an."
Zhu Yixi suddenly spoke.
Zhang Shen was stunned and couldn't help but want to touch his forehead and sigh deeply, the emperor was going to break the tradition again.
In the past two years, the so-called ancestry and tradition have completely become a decoration in today's world.
But there is no other way. The court that follows the ancestral system has already been punished once, so it can only re-write the rules.
"What about Yangzhou?"
Zhang Shenyan asked tentatively.
"Yangzhou is pretty good. It's closer to the Yangtze River and it's also in a strategic location on the canal."
The emperor exclaimed: "Yes."
In fact, Zhu Yixi wanted the Water Transport Yamen to be stationed in Songjiang Prefecture. After all, that place in Shanghai was extremely important as the estuary of the Yangtze River.
But considering the importance of the canal at this time, Yangzhou could take care of both.
"I issued an order to remove Du Yinxi from the post of governor of Jiangsu and to appoint Yingtian as governor."
After flexing his muscles in Jiangsu and implementing the New Deal, Du Yinxi received the emperor's attention and was promoted from governor of Jiangsu to governor of Yingtian.
Although they are both governors, as the seat of Nanjing and at the feet of the Emperor, Governor Yingtian has a higher political status, so he is perfect as a stepping stone to the central government.
In mid-July of the second year of Shaowu, the emperor took the concubines in the harem and the remaining hundreds of eunuchs and maidens, boarded a dragon boat in a mighty manner, and headed east.
Hundreds of civil and military officials, nobles, etc., totaling 200 ships, followed closely behind the dragon ship.
The 20,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp who were supporting them were walking on both sides of the canal to clear the way, marching thirty to forty miles a day, and were expected to reach Beijing in two months.
In fact, Zhu Yixi didn't mind trying sea transportation, but when the officials heard this, they immediately showed their dissatisfaction, and the emperor had no choice but to give up.
Life is still at stake. The sea is not safe after all, and the car can overturn even on the coast.
However, the biggest problem along the way north along the canal is that it is much more difficult to eat than anything else.
Food is enough, after all, there are many warehouses along the canal, but there is a huge demand for vegetables, fruits, meat, etc.
Because these are items with a short shelf life, they must be supplied at all times.
As a result, the vegetable fields and meat fields along the canal were as empty as if they were swept away by ordinary locusts.
"Father, this river is so long!"
It is a boring time for adults, but children enjoy it and are full of energy.
Riding a boat is more comfortable than riding a carriage. Once you get familiar with it, you will feel more energetic.
Qingnu, Zhinu and all the brothers were playing and playing on the deck, and they were very happy.